b.) Conservatives are better armed
This is a biggie.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2009 5:26:53 am PDT #20136 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hil R. - Aug 20, 2009 5:28:26 am PDT #20137 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hmm. My officemate is a Democrat and also a hunter, and thus owns several guns. I think he's the only person I know who's ever told me that he owns a gun.
beth b - Aug 20, 2009 5:29:54 am PDT #20138 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Some people's accents soften, some don't. Scince I know mine won't -- I can't pick up an accent, or imitate one- I am pretty forgiving.
I am not forgiving of speaking a language a guest doesn't speak, unless you don't know any other.
Shir - Aug 20, 2009 5:32:46 am PDT #20139 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
And they all speak Hebrew over dinner even when I'm sitting there like a lemon. I know, I should learn - but I find it impossible
I find talking in a language one cannot understand in front of him/her quite rude, Seska.
However, if you'd like to practice Hebrew, just say so. I'd love to help. Ask omnis.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Aug 20, 2009 5:34:32 am PDT #20140 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I am pretty forgiving.
Oh sure, me too. I just find some accents really tricky to follow.
My grandfather died at 75, 55 years after leaving County Cork. He sounded exactly like a Cork resident after all that time. And I, who have spent much time in the south-west of Ireland, only ever understood about 25% of what he was saying. Still, at least he wasn't an overly chatty bloke...!
Steph L. - Aug 20, 2009 5:34:43 am PDT #20141 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Hmm. My officemate is a Democrat and also a hunter, and thus owns several guns. I think he's the only person I know who's ever told me that he owns a gun.
The Boy owns a gun, which I don't think I knew until after I had moved in. It's locked up in the safe.
He bought it because he figured that at least it would get one gun off the streets. Trufax.
He's the most idealistic, honest, genuinely good human being I know.
(I REALLY dislike having a gun in the house in which I live, but it's not a deal-breaker. And, hell, growing up, my parents had guns. I think my mom still has 2 or 3. Not my stepdad; my mom.)
Miracleman - Aug 20, 2009 5:35:16 am PDT #20142 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I am not forgiving of speaking a language a guest doesn't speak, unless you don't know any other.
No excuse!
One should have a universally comprehensive batch of pictogram cards on hand so that you may still engage in conversation with guests who do not speak your language.
Plus, it's fun for parties!
"Could you please pass the gravy? What...what is that? Oh, it's like Pictionary! Um...that's a..an oyster? We're going to a clambake? Is that a neo-con choking a manatee? Baby fishmouth!"
Steph L. - Aug 20, 2009 5:36:12 am PDT #20143 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"Whereas 'baby fishmouth' is sweeping the nation."
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Aug 20, 2009 5:36:45 am PDT #20144 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Shir: I'd absolutely love some help. I just need to get some of the letters down first. I'm dyslexic, which I swear is *seriously* getting in the way of learning a whole new alphabet. I never had this much trouble with French, German or Spanish (I thought I had an ear for languages, until I encountered ones from outside of Western Europe).
Shir - Aug 20, 2009 5:37:51 am PDT #20145 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I'm cannot help but imitating the accent of the person I'm speaking with.
After a week in U.S., my jaws hurt from trying to imitate the accent. But it worked, in a way: people thought I was an American. American with a speech defect, but an American.
Or, possibly, the Americans I came across didn't understand that those tourists have different accents than their own.